Phosphoric acid occurs naturally in many things that we consume....It is of most concern when this is ADDED to a product, the ammounts are usually far beyond what the body has to ability to detox from in the long term.

Does it seem strange that these facts are coming out now, when baby boomers are the target group?

This could be a growth industry since women who are
being tested, are of course going to have bone-loss scores based on age and women who are younger are less likely to be tested..
Only if there was a big difference in the scores between pre-menopausal soda-drinkers and no-soda-drinkers would the studies be valid. Post-menopausal women have a lot of other variables that could affect bone density, such as weight-bearing exercise levels and lack of activity due to being retired and living in a condo with little to do that involves daily routine..
Often, the main activity is walking since computers have taken the place of other, more physical forms of movement. That is not enough.
Working in a garden is becoming a lost art since houses
with vegetable gardens are becoming less appealing than having nice shrubery.
What is wrong with buying a lawnmower and cutting the lawn yourself, instead of hiring some illegal or a kid to do it, while you go to a healthclub for replacement
exercise? Is it fear that the neighbours might see
and laugh about such menial work?
Some think that breaking a fingernail or getting a blister when working is beneath their station, while doing the same thing when on a stairclimber is
acceptable.

"Use it or loose it" was always the slogan that made sense to people in the 70's
Then came the experts who had to tell us how to exercise... Bonnie Prudden, Jane Fonda, Cher,
How did our parents live to the age of 80 or 90 without
such "help"? (and without a HOME GYM)?
Get out of your highrise and live longer.

I would agree. If you look at most if the sift drinks, you also have corn syrup which is put in their only because it's cheeper than sugar. It's affect on the body from what I've read appears to be far worse and longer lasting than sugar. I would like to ask others what they think regarding this.

If what you say is true, someone should be monitoring me. For the past 30 years I have averaged drinking over 160 ounces of coke per day and as much as 288 ounces. I would say I am in relatively good shape for a 58 year old male. For the greatest majority of the time, I have done without dinner, instead drinking a coke and going back to work.